The Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) has made its way to China with the first positive case announced on May 29, 2015. The patient is a South Korean traveller who came to Guangdong province via Hong Kong on business. Mers has killed more than 400 people in Saudi Arabia since 2012 and is considered a deadlier but less infectious cousin of the Sars virus that killed 299 people in Hong Kong in 2003.

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The Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) has made its way to China with the first positive case announced on May 29, 2015. The patient is a South Korean traveller who came to Guangdong province via Hong Kong on business. Mers has killed more than 400 people in Saudi Arabia since 2012 and is considered a deadlier but less infectious cousin of the Sars virus that killed 299 people in Hong Kong in 2003.

Researchers say combination of cyclosporine – an immunosuppressant often used in organ transplants to prevent rejection – and interferon, which is used to treat influenza, show significant improvement in stopping virus from spreading in body and reducing tissue damage.

Researchers say combination of cyclosporine – an immunosuppressant often used in organ transplants to prevent rejection – and interferon, which is used to treat influenza, show significant improvement in stopping virus from spreading in body and reducing tissue damage.

A breakthrough study by the University of Hong Kong has found two existing drugs offer the best hope of beating the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) coronavirus that has claimed hundreds of lives globally since its emergence three years ago.

A breakthrough study by the University of Hong Kong has found two existing drugs offer the best hope of beating the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) coronavirus that has claimed hundreds of lives globally since its emergence three years ago.

South Korean health authorities said on Monday they lifted the at-home quarantine for a suspected case of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) coronavirus, leaving no one subject to isolation over Mers for the first time in over two months.

South Korean health authorities said on Monday they lifted the at-home quarantine for a suspected case of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) coronavirus, leaving no one subject to isolation over Mers for the first time in over two months.